Re: Wireless Fall Back

From: Geoff Lane (bunsen_at_talk21.com)
Date: 10/13/03 

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:38:16 +0100

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:14:26 +0000 (UTC), vf5@prism.gatech.edu
(Vincent Fox) wrote:

>It's different on purpose so they don't interfere with
>each other. You only get 3 "real" channels with 802.11b
>which are 1, 6, and 11. The others tend to overlap.

>And again, if you run something like NetStumbler and
>find out your neighbor is using Ch. 1, it's best that
>you not use Ch.1 to avoid the interference on that
>channel. Got it?

By the fingertips only, my Netgear PC card is throwing me a bit, it is
giving me different MAC addresses for itself, I've posted under
subject Netgear Incorrect MAC addresses
>
>Here's an article about it at, of all places, MS:
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/deployguide/dnsbm_wir_chrb.asp

Thanks,

Geoff Lane